Gareth Morris (flute) David Martin (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Rubbra-Brainin-Pleeth Trio
A tribute to the alliterative literary lady of Larne, by Denis Johnston and Douglas Cleverdon
Personal recollections by William Yeates and Norman Carrothers
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
Opera in a prologue and two acts by Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave (revised Arrigo Boito ). English version by Norman Tucker
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leo Quayle )
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader. Walter Price)
Conductor, Michael Mudie
Producer. John Moody
Dyneley Hussey writes on page 5
Prologue: A square in Genoa before the Doge's Palace. The 12th century
Talk by Phyllis Bentley
Act 1
Scene 1 : The garden of the Grimaldi
Palace. Dawn, twenty-five years later
Scene 2: The Doge's Council Chamber.
Next day
Rosemary Freeman takes the opportunity provided by the 350th anniversary of Spenser's death to discuss the appeal of ' The Faerie Queen ' for the modem reader
See also 10.50
Act 2
Scene 1: A private room of the Doge.
Evening of the next day
Scene 2: Inside the Palace. A few hours later
Selected by Rosemary Freeman
Read by Geoffrey Wincott
Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 played by the Aeolian String Quartet
Lance Dossor (piano)
(Recording ot broadcast on Dec. 15)
